Originally Posted By: Tromboniator
Originally Posted By: Faldage


But they might say "The beeves are restless tonight."


Nope: "The beef is restless tonight. So is the hosses."


In my days in cattle country I never heard anyone use beef to mean anything but the meat on the table (or grill). Someone might say "I got 400 beeves," but not "That there beef over there's got him a case of hoof-in-mouth disease. Cain't shut up and all the other beeves just laugh at him."